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Portugal PM resigns over corruption scandal

STORY: Portugal PM resigns over corruption scandal SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 7, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Lisbon CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Antonio Costa making the announcement STORYLINE: Antonio Costa, prime minister of Portugal, resigned on Tuesday afternoon after becoming the target of an investigation into alleged government corruption. Costa submitted his resignation to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa earlier in the day. In a statement, Costa denied corruption accusations but said he preferred to step down to focus on his defense. The country's attorney general (AG) has already announced that a criminal case will be filed against Costa. The AG was also received by the Portuguese president, who was informed about the search operations that resulted in the arrest of five people, including Vitor Escaria, Costa's chief of staff. Infrastructure Minister Joao Galamba, and the President of the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), Nuno Lacasta, were also

UN chief calls for stamping out "poison" of anti-Muslim bias

STORY: UN chief calls for stamping out "poison" of anti-Muslim bias DATELINE: March 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of UNGA Hall 2. various of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres walking up to the rostrum 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 4. various of delegates 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 6. various of UNGA Hall STORYLINE: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for the elimination of "poison" of anti-Muslim bias at an event marking the International Day to Combat Islamophobia. "I thank Pakistan and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for focusing attention - and calling for action - to stamp out the poison of Islamophobia," the top UN official said at the high-level special event marking the International Day to Combat Islamophobia at the UN headquarters in New York. The event was co-convened by the Office of the President of the General Assembly and the M

UN chief calls for putting peace at center of actions, words

STORY: UN chief calls for putting peace at center of actions, words DATELINE: Dec. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General STORYLINE: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on all countries to place peace at the center of all their words and actions. He made the remarks in his New Year video message. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General "Every New Year is a moment of rebirth. We sweep out the ashes of the old year and prepare for a brighter day. In 2022, millions of people around the world literally swept out ashes. From Ukraine to Afghanistan to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond, people left the ruins of their homes and lives in search of something better. Around the world, 100 million people were on the move, fleeing wars, wildfires, droughts, poverty and hungers. In 2023, we need peace, now more than ever. Peace with one another, through dialog

UN chief calls for ambitious action on climate disruption, nature loss, pollution

STORY: UN chief calls for ambitious action on climate disruption, nature loss, pollution DATELINE: April 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:43 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the UN Headquarters in New York, U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General STORYLINE: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the triple crisis of climate disruption, nature loss and pollution requires ambitious action. The top UN official made the remarks in his message for the International Mother Earth Day, which falls on April 22 annually. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General "Today is International Mother Earth Day. It is a chance to reflect on how humanity has been treating our planet. The truth is, we have been poor custodians of our fragile home. Today, the Earth is facing a triple planetary crisis. Climate disruption. Nature and biodiversity loss. Pollution and waste. This triple crisis is threatening the well-being and survival

Prosecutors arrest 4 in Nishimatsu Construction scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 14 shows the headquarters of Nishimatsu Construction Co. in Tokyo's Toranomon district. A former vice president of the company and three others were arrested the same day in connection with a case involving a former Nishimatsu official who allegedly embezzled about 100 million yen. (Kyodo)

New arrest warrant served over attacks on ex-official, kin

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Koizumi is transferred by police car from the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo to Urawa police station after being served a new arrest warrant on Dec. 4. Koizumi, 46, was rearrested on suspicion of murdering a former vice health minister and his wife and on attempted murder of the wife of another former vice health minister last month. (Kyodo)

Ex-Nova boss Sahashi arrested for alleged embezzlement

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka prefectural police search the headquarters of bankrupt Nova Corp. in Chuo Ward in Osaka on June 24 in connection with the arrest the same day of Nozomu Sahashi, former Nova president, on suspicion of diverting around 320 million yen in July from an employee benefit fund to reimburse tuition fees to people who canceled contracts for language courses. Nova was once the nation's largest chain of English conversation schools. (Kyodo)

Senior land ministry official nabbed for suspected bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Watched by TV camera crews and news photographers, agents from the Sapporo District Prosecutors Office investigating a bid-rigging case involving a senior official of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry carry away boxes of documents after a search for incriminating evidence at the ministry's Hokkaido Bureau in Tokyo on June 16. Mamoru Shinagawa, 58, who heads the Hokkaido bureau, is suspected of playing a leading role in collusion to award the contract for the public works project to a specific contractor between 2005 and 2007. (Kyodo)

Ex-education ministry official arrested over alleged bribe-takin

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metropolitan Police agents show up at the education ministry on April 4 to search for incriminating evidence after Hiroshi Oshima, 59, former chief of the ministry's Facilities Planning and Administration Department, was arrested on suspicion of receiving bribes from a construction firm in return for favorable consideration on a facility improvement project for a national university. (Kyodo)

Ex-Paloma chief indicted over poisoning death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Former Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (file photo), along with another former official of the water heater maker, was indicted without arrest Dec. 11 over the death from carbon monoxide poisoning of a user of one of the company's heaters and injury to the user's brother in 2005, prosecutors said. (Kyodo)

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